News published on Federal Newswire in January 2023

News from January 2023


Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Cocaine from a Butler Apartment

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -- A former resident of Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotic laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: FBI Buffalo Continues to Offer $25,000 Reward for Information in the CompassCare Arson Investigation.


Disbarred California Attorney Sentenced to Five and a Half Years in Prison for Long-Running Multi-Million-Dollar Investment Fraud Scheme

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DEREK JONES, a disbarred California attorney, was sentenced today to five and a half years in prison. JONES ran fraudulent investment funds, including real-estate investment firms and a venture-capital firm...


Secretary Blinken’s Call with Swedish Foreign Minister Billström

News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price


New York Man Sentenced in Fraudulent Prize Notice Mail Fraud Scheme

News Release: A Queens man was sentenced for participating in a scheme to mail fraudulent prize notices that tricked consumers into paying fees for falsely promised cash prizes.


Spinrad: 'NOAA is fortunate' to have new lab director

The Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration announced Dr. DaNa L. Carlis, Ph.D., a meteorologist and scientific leader, has been named the director of its National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Okla.


News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement regarding the recent missile testing by North Korea...


MARAD Announces Nearly $20 Million in Funding Available for Small Shipyard Grants

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced the availability of nearly $20 million in Federal Fiscal Year 2023 funding to help modernize small U.S. shipyards and train the workforce in this critical sector.


News Release: A dual citizen of the United States and Syria who evaded arrest for over two decades pleaded guilty today in the District of Columbia for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the United States and to pay gratuities to a federal public official.


The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Hilton Man Going to Prison for Cyberstalking

News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that David Guest, 25, of Hilton, NY, who was convicted of cyberstalking, was sentenced to 27 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.


News Release: Defendants Accused of Assaulting Officers in Lower West Terrace Tunnel.


News Release: Memphis, TN - Kevin G. Ritz, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, issued the following statement today.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released data from the Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS), a survey that measures business conditions on an ongoing basis. The BTOS is the successor to the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS), a high-frequency survey that measured the effect of changing business conditions during the coronavirus pandemic and other major events like hurricanes on our nation’s small businesses.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announced today that qualifying U.S. undergraduate students who want to pursue study or internships abroad as part of their higher education experience may now apply for the Benjamin Gilman Scholarship. Qualifying students ...


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: An American businesswoman with international ties was sentenced in the District of Hawaii yesterday to two years in prison for her role in facilitating an unregistered lobbying campaign of the Administration of the former President of the United States and the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of foreign principals in exchange for millions of dollars.


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Second Amendment to Consent Decree Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act discussed on Jan. 19 by Justice Department

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.